Watch: Tailgating driver loses control of more than his emotions

A driver traveling along State Road 41 in Tampa on Monday alleges she was being tailgated for about three minutes before she pulled out her phone to record what was transpiring.

“I couldn't move over because there were trucks in the right lane,” she said. “And I sure as heck wasn't going to speed on a rainy day with the roads being as slick as they were. I was turning left in about a half-mile when this happened. …

“I never brake checked him, and in fact until I watched the video after the accident I didn't even know he shot a bird at me because I wasn't looking at him at all, I was paying attention to the road while holding the phone up with my right hand.”

By Friday afternoon, the long form of the video titled Redneck Road Rage / Instant Karma was posted under the user ID ‘Florida Driver.’ The vertical video had gone viral on YouTube with more than 4.4 million views, spawning more than 27,500 likes and 3,700 dislikes. Because of the nature of some of the negative comments, the driver disabled comments related to the video and posted the following message.

“I truly hope your life isn't as miserable as you portray online. Because some of those comments belong to people that belong in a psycho ward, or at the very least, anger management/therapy. They were rude, uncalled for, and just downright mean. …Have fun talking about me in your forums, and on Reddit, or wherever else you talk smack on.”

I don't want to be on the road with either of these drivers. He is obviously a hothead and she is driving with one hand, while waving her (camera) phone around with the other hand and shouting at him. If you watch the full video on YouTube, you see that, once he passes her, she speeds up to parallel him. Not smart. Then, when he crashes, she stops instead of pulling off down the road and calling the police. I'm surprised the hothead didn't shoot her.

Don't play games with hothead drivers. Let the idiots have the road. It's not worth your life.

"As long as there are questions to be asked and answers to be made, I'll be there"

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Saturday, March 29, 2014 @ 10:41 am

I drive for a living and for the most part, people in this state are shot out on the roads. Especially down south in Orlando and south of Orlando. There are way more aggressive drivers that cut you off, tail gate and worse. However this girl shooting the video is not innocent. She clearly speeds up when this guy tries to pass her. This is something I see all the time. No one wants to be passed. There is some engrained human behavior that makes people want to be in front of you even when they are poking. Then when you want to pass them, they speed up. Justice may have been served because it appears that this guy can't drive, but the police need to also look into what this girl did to provoke him.